Rue de la Victoire (70). Hôtel Bonaparte
Medium
etching on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 21.1 × 18.4 cm (8 5/16 × 7 1/4 in.) sheet: 37.4 × 27.1 cm (14 3/4 × 10 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2013.13.5
Art Historical Context
Step into the bustling streets of mid-19th-century Paris *Rue de la Victoire (70). Bonaparte*, a delicate etching by Adolphe Théodore Martial Potémont from 1857. Potémont, a skilled French etcher renowned for capturing the everyday vibrancy of urban life, depicts this lively scene from the Rue de la Victoire in the heart of the city's 9th arrondissement The composition highlights the grand Hôtel Bonaparte, a nod to Napoleonic legacy during the Second Empire under Napoleon III, evoking the era's blend of imperial grandeur and modern Haussmannian transformation. Crafted as an etching on wove pa...